@atomicpoet It can do all the same things Matrix does though. My understanding of the Fediverse was that it was a network of public social networks. I would say Matrix is a messaging protocol. Oh well, it's not important.

My philosophy hasn't changed since the 1970s. A message is a message. What transport network you worship on any given day isn't relevant.

@mike Yeah; choose person, type message, press send. It would be nice if the networks were connected to each other though.

I never let that stop me.

@mike Seriously? Do you have 1000 messaging apps on your phones? :) I don't have time for that anymore! Haha

Nah I just use one. And yet here we are communicating across completely different apps using completely different software providers on completely different communication networks. Go figure.

@mike Yes, because these networks are connected and that's how it should be. How do you send messages to TikTok or WeChat or WhatsApp or Instagram or Signal or Discord or Slack users from here though?

Connecting to toxic dumps isn't my thing any more. Been there, done that.

@mike Ah ha! So the transport network is relevant after all? :) Yes, I feel the same way. Federated open stuff is so much better.

@adam @adam @mike Not only the network: the database, and the CPUs needed to process all that, and so on. In general, capacity of the instance.